"Arduino is a single-board microcontroller to make using electronics in multidisciplinary projects more accessible. "it was originally manufactured by the Italian company Smart Projects. This is where is got the name from.

Arduinos are made in Scarmagno, 42km away from Torino (north-west Italy). The name "Arduino" comes from a "nearby pub" in Ivrea(13km from Scarmagno). The name of the pub is "Bar di Re Arduino" (english: Bar of King Arduino).- Arduino Notebook (archive.org) -

Quotation1: "The Arduino platform has been designed, developed and manufactured in the Italian town of Ivrea. It derives its name from an 11th century Italian monarch - King Arduin. It was in the pub named in his honour, the "Bar di Re Arduino" that project team met and developed a lot of their early ideas."

Quotation2: "They called it the Arduino, after a nearby pub. It was an instant hit with the students."